Joseph Wohleb

Joseph Henry Wohleb (1887–1958) was an American architect from Washington.

Life and career

He was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, and grew up in California. He is known for the design of classic motion picture theaters in the 1920s.[1] He was also the designer of Cloverfields in Olympia, a farmhouse listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2] Also, he served as the architect for the Washington State Capitol Museum and other buildings on the Washington State Capitol Campus.[3]

In 1946, Joseph Wohleb's son, Robert, joined him in the architecture business and the two worked in their firm, Wohleb and Wohleb.[3] Together, they designed many notable buildings in Thurston County.

Legacy

A number of Joseph's works and at least one of the partnership's works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[4][5]

Architectural works

Notes

  1. A contributing property to the Olympia Downtown Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
  2. A contributing property to the South Capitol Neighborhood Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
  3. Designed in association with Blackwell & Baker of Seattle.
  4. A contributing property to the Centralia Downtown Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
  5. Designed in association with the Seattle office of A. E. Doyle of Portland, Oregon.
  6. Wohleb's own home, located at 122 21st Avenue SW directly across the street from his houses for C. J. Lord and Henry McCleary.
  7. Designed to be in conformity with the plans and specifications of Wilder & White, architects of the Legislative Building. Formerly an office building for the departments of Public Lands and Social Security, now a Senate office building. A contributing property to the Washington State Capitol Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
  8. Designed in association with Naramore, Bain, Brady & Johanson of Seattle.

References

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